; sitcom : 1964, from sit(uation) com(edy), a phrase first attested 1953 (in a "TV Guide" article, with ref. to "I Love Lucy"). "Even Bing Crosby has succumbed to series TV and will appear in a sitcom as an electrical engineer who happens to break into song once a week." ["Life," Sept. 18, 1964] ; From Online Etymological Dictionary by Douglas Harper
It is a "portmanteau" eliding of "situation comedy".
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